Colonial Office List ...: Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain, Zväzok 47

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Strana xxxv - WHEREAS the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and under the Constitution hereby established...
Strana 323 - The principal field of the operations of The British South Africa Company (in this Our Charter referred to as "the Company") shall be the region of South Africa lying immediately to the north of British Bechuanaland, and to the north and west of the South African Republic, and to the west of the Portuguese Dominions.
Strana 96 - Members of the Court of Policy, combined with the six Financial Representatives. The Court of Policy passes all laws and ordinances, except the Annual Tax Ordinance, which is passed by the Combined Court. During 1891 an Act was passed, which came into force in 1892, effecting a considerable change in the constitution.
Strana 80 - Governor, and in 1628 sixty-four settlers arrived in Carlisle Bay, commenced the erection of wooden houses, threw a bridge across the river which intersected the ground, and laid the foundation of Bridgetown, the present capital. The Leeward and Windward men opposed each other, the 13 58 SO S92S latter ultimately triumphing.
Strana 125 - After the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, a settlement of disbanded troops was formed there by Lord Halifax, and the city which now bears his name is the capital of that province.
Strana 225 - Council shall be dissolved at the end of five years from the last preceding general election, if it shall not have been previously dissolved. There is also a Privy Council, with the usual powers and functions of an executive council It consists of the Lieutenant-Governor, if anv.
Strana 356 - Orange River Colony where the parents of the children desire it, and will be allowed in Courts of Law when necessary for the better and more effectual administration of justice.
Strana xx - A national garden ought to be the centre round which all minor establishments of the same nature should be arranged. . . . From a garden of this kind Government would...
Strana 191 - It is navigable for boats, punts, or flat-bottomed steamers, for 40 or 50 miles from its mouth. Several large streams fall into it, the sources of which lie in the high mountains of the interior 3,000 or 4,000 feet above the level of the sea. Besides these, the Sigatoka, the Nadi, and Ba rivers, with many others, drain the principal watersheds of Viti Levu. In VanuaLevu the rivers are not so large, though they are nearly as numerous.
Strana 283 - Act, local lawa and usages are to continue until other provision is made. Power is given to the Governor in Council to direct that any of the laws in force in the said Islands may be modified or repealed. Section 3...

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